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title: "3 Bernice Rubens Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Bernice Rubens

(1922–2004)   Novelist

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Bernice Rubens was a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Bernice Rubens

Born November 30, 1922

Died October 13, 2004

Profession Novelist

## About Bernice Rubens

British writer (1923–2004)... \| Bernice Rubens was a Welsh novelist. She became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for The Elected Member.

##  Quotes by Bernice Rubens

> [If you're a writer there will come at least one morning in your life when you wake up and want to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-rubens/if-you-re-a-writer-there-will-come-at-least-one-morning-in-your-life/)

[Bernice Rubens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-rubens/)

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> [Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highly creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-rubens/our-historical-bequest-is-sublime-i-have-inherited-a-fragmented-but/)

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> [ \[On being a judge for the 1986 Booker Prize:\] I got to the point where I couldn't read a laundry list without… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-rubens/on-being-a-judge-for-the-1986-booker-prize-i-got-to-the-point-where-i/)

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